We are happy to present a selection of our HOT articles over the past month. To see all of our HOT referee-recommended articles from 2018, please find the collection here.
As always, Chemical Science articles are free to access.
Chiral Brønsted acid-catalyzed intramolecular SN2′ reaction for enantioselective construction of a quaternary stereogenic center
Masahiro Shimizu, Jun Kikuchi, Azusa Kondoh and Masahiro Terada
Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 5747-5757
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01942H, Edge Article
_____________________________________________________________
Deciphering the mechanism of O2 reduction with electronically tunable non-heme iron enzyme model complexes
Roshaan Surendhran, Alexander A. D’Arpino, Bao Y. Sciscent, Anthony F. Cannella, Alan E. Friedman, Samantha N. MacMillan, Rupal Gupta and David C. Lacy
Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 5773-5780
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01621F, Edge Article
_____________________________________________________________
Weak interactions but potent effect: tunable mechanoluminescence by adjusting intermolecular C–H⋯π interactions
Zongliang Xie, Tao Yu, Junru Chen, Eethamukkala Ubba, Leyu Wang, Zhu Mao, Tongtong Su, Yi Zhang, Matthew P. Aldred and Zhenguo Chi
Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 5787-5794
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01703D, Edge Article
_____________________________________________________________
Shaping excitons in light-harvesting proteins through nanoplasmonics
Stefano Caprasecca, Stefano Corni and Benedetta Mennucci
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01162A, Edge Article
_____________________________________________________________
Highly Luminescent Phosphine Oxide-Containing Bipolar Alkynylgold(III) Complexes for Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Small Efficiency Roll-Offs
Chin-Ho Lee, Man-Chung Tang, Wai-Lung Cheung, Shiu-Lun Lai, Mei-Yee Chan and Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02265H, Edge Article
_____________________________________________________________
New enzymatic and mass spectrometric methodology for the selective investigation of gut microbiota-derived metabolites
Caroline Ballet, Mário S. P. Correia, Louis P. Conway, Theresa L. Locher, Laura C. Lehmann, Neeraj Garg, Miroslav Vujasinovic, Sebastian Deindl, J.-Matthias Löhr and Daniel Globisch
Chem. Sci., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01502C, Edge Article
